The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, March 21, 1895, Image 4
PLANS OF THE 4I1VEN '
LEAGUE.
Interview Wih the moatla Caroll
11nia National Oonasagteenen.- I
The Instse Plainly Present
411.
Bennettsville, S. C., March 12.
The Democrats of South
Carolina are practically solid in
advocacy of freo silvor. Outside
V
of CharlIostoi the oppon1elts of
freo silver could he counted on the ,
fingers of a man's hand. Such bo.
ing ltecas ththere is widospread
interest inl every phise of the fight
for free coinago. Congressiman
MeLtahrin of the Sixth District
has iakein very alvainced ground
in the i ght for freo silver. His
al
11lam11 wals a1ppellded' to tile rlceilt"
13, issied address of t he 1 i- met al
lie Lt eague and his counisel was
weighty in the (elibera tions of
silver's truo fritnids which procedo P
its promillgat ion.
As an) interview at this juncturli
froml aI membeihr of the nationldt
cOmUlttee of the( nlew silve(r part-y
WOuld ho of gn;ileral1 iinorest, I P
en11led u1pon Congref ssmanl McLa.U- 0
rin id ini(errogaitdi him as to its s
alimus aind e1xci)CC tions. 0
"Well," sai( he, "tho term 'now N1
tL
pa rt y' is rat her a misnomer at this
all
jinwctun'. Ti isan oll'ort to
lit' tile masses upon the one
si
gr,,.at livingo issue, the mone1Fy( qu s
tion1. Par leis aire supposedl to0 be(
f4 iilded u poil govolnem ital amnd11(
htit illuilmal issiles.
MEAN It1's5IEss. V
"W" propose to force, if possi
I ]. tihe 'ction of ai Executive
a111d .oige ill fao fhi-metal-.
lisill. There are t wo eleineiits in
O(ugrss workiig bI the saue end,
viz : e
"First, those who will not now A
act utUside of strict party limits,
but will wailt nrAil alter tho two
ni.t i'nal cn'ilvelitiois thiat the lia
chinoery of both old lpart ies is comli
P1telv inl the hands of the gold- at
hugs and that it is futi k to expect
reliet' from either source. The
West will 114 go into the Demo- 0
b
ttie pllrty, am11(l th Soith is dit
to as to the lp111ublici party, anl
gr'ounid iponi wich'lo thoe w4'ho
''"T' mioney' power1 is albsoilute
maizsterm of t'e Demnocrat ic and1( Re
ptositioni by its skill and1( dIebauchi
uig and dlegradinig hulmanl nat ure,
throumghi the( cltivaltion (of the
lowei&st andl nwietst mistiniets of
iiiim. 'l' cotrru~t ion riunis fromiu
C
tih' slumis of1 Tannlnany~i Hall anda
the biribery' oft a sot to) sell his vote
t'Ie ('ait and uth le btuyimig of ai
'stat'suin'i with gold andh( 11( highi
pla ces'. l,otk at thle 1last conigress
1
"'It hias aut 1 rtehed thle point1
I'i orl theimssi's tf t' pletOi ho is
Iiibretentt'ed, huillied and11 destroyed
potlit ieally. s
"Cl'evehnioit was t'lecfed in 1892 Le
to ('co.'erce' 41 liutern DemocratIs inl- thI
1' to vtinlg f44r t' ('pliieto demnon- (l
Cott (on fell from ii S tt - 1-2 cents. b~
\\lhat better1 arigutnwnt is none'd1
what the gold s'tam11lard meanlis?"
"Dlo ot thlinik 41ne oft the th
(41b )1 partites wvill run1 a .Silvor Cani- Ia
dhiate ftor Priesidenit ill I891''? .1d
ne(xt askedI him). $
A I'ossunii: aur~xni. hr
"'lITey may run11 a Democrat, so wl
as to keep tihe South'11in im1, but1 w<
olet inog himi. T1he r'eformn wiill w"
neve'r comoe fr'om the lliticians
either in or t1 of Congress. It
'mist come from the people. Nia- oi
tionatl ovent ions aire hiunibuigs. e>
When the delegato goes, he is gon)- i
orally more interested in votinig b)
for the right man and getting a w
'cinich' on some fat office, from o
that, of postmaster to foreign min- a
ister, than lie is as to what policy s
the nomine'e represents, and for t
this toason he is ready t~o accept
''Most anything in man Inr plat
'Ot in a national conven- I
' rtor andl trade fori
.tA the usual plat
-glittering generalities'
ene tariff and other issues
Ltd, will result as usual m <
-king the main 18ssue. i
ho one single issano pro- i
Le all whose interests4
A.-'<tt *"
e plla.Q% treso goldbugs in d
ise. l oi Sonferonce was c<
ived6 .6 closing days of t
lsiozY-Vy the goldbugs after tl
und /tigtVis silver moveme
s Oil foot. I believe it was do
side-track some of our men.
11 be like the two other conf<
Ces--a pleasant junketing ti
Paris for a few politicans at $
r day.aud expenses. The Unit
ites' will noVer go to the bi-mr
lie - basis if she waits for t
iseri.'f 1ingland and Germ
a )aro the only groat nati,
a position to force thle issi
the "stablishment of a natio
cleirhing.iouso, we should on
re jo:payadverso trade balai
anri W ud not be difficult
ango our;,I.dverso balances wi
ntr,ies that would take siver :
rnient. ' In our direct tra<
hi Europe l the balanco is n
inst us. England puts the b
e agaiiit us by selling us trop
frijit, spices, etc. It would I
y easy for us to deal diractwil
ina; Mexico and Central Aie
, which are on a silver basi
;old basis keeps us subsidiary 1
gland. Bi-metallism woNu
ko us the hoad of all natioi
>n 'a similar basis- Open oi
its to tei coinage of silvor an
> will dely that cotton woul
ance 8 cents per pound an
)at 25 cents per bushol. 'Th
ild add one-third to the valh
every acre of wheat and cotto
d in the country. Tho peopl
beginning to comprelend thi
by yet have the ballot box all
save thomsolvos, if they ai
rondered inert and* paralyze
mstom and the chain of habi
men whom they have, place
in the watch tower deem it
)mn duty to warn them and 8
e them the chance.
A vTC1OUs POLICY.
The .policy of the governmei
been contraction and dostru
Li; bankruptcy and ruin a:
ring us in the faco.
Thero is unrest among the po
Paralysis of business, choal
abor, starvation and misery a
vitable without a change of p0
Since 1875 the price of 1
r and all of its products ha
elinodl 3341)por cent. in cone
once of this policy of contrl
)in.
"'The roeuit of maintenance
Sgold .standlardl is porpotual co
otion, while the plaftion
reasineg.
Tho rich a re getting richer an
poor are getting poorer. Thos
is who seo the situation an
lorstanding condlit ions as the
W, woul, it' possiblO, make th
vitablo contest a moral an
cablo one, that shall be dete:
iod at the bial lot-box wi thoi
dIding one0 drop) of blood( or tli
ing of a single tear. If t11
pie will niot think for ther
'es, act for' thomsolves and it
n1 themselves, then they wi
it the slavery that p)rejudi<
ignorance is r'apidly bringin
n us.
Three million strunck for poli1
liberty in 1776. It (loes Ioo
if' sixty million might no'
ke for financial liberty.''
MASS MEETINCI
mahs meecting of the Demo
ic votors of Pickens Count,
r.reby called to meet in th<
rt House at Pickons er
lay, the 22d1 instant, at 11 a
for the purpose of electing
o delegates to the co)nvon
tQ be held at Columbia or
27th inst.
th Mvarch, 1895.
W. T.1. FLELD),
J1AS. F. LAY,
JULIUS E. BOQCoS,
- R F. SMITH.
Important Notice.
dII Trial Jlusticos must hant
their report to Supervisor o
~istrabion a list of male per
a convicted of pectty larconm
ore him or his predecessori
. Section 158 Civil Statut
W. J. D). CURETON,
>er'visoi' of Registration fo
kens Coun ty.
[arch 7, 1895-.3t.
T -O JOURINAL, IEADEIR.
JounNA L is anxious that its sub
bers should have the advar.tag<
every good thing going. WVit!:
end in view we have arianged]
1'io 1.e stermani Publishing Co..
springfield, Ohio, for a supply ol
-ly subscriptions to their greal
thly, "The0 American Farrr
Vs," which wjll be presented FRI
EvIERY P in' IN ADVANCEC sutbscris
td' Tsne J'ounKAL.
vant to divide again on the tariff th
>r other issues, after settling the gu
inancial question, they can and ce
>robably will do so." Sol
"What do the silvei- men pro- fo
>ose?" I propounded next. wl
"To let the people themselves as to
tear as practicable make the nom- wi
nations. Petitions will be scat- en
ered broadcast, and every main to
'ho wants Sibloy and free coinage pe
rill sign one and it will be for- St
rarded to the president of the Bi- ta)
1tallic League." co
"What kind of a man is Sibley, ny
iyhow?" in
SIZE-UP OF SIBLEY. By
"Woll, he is about 45 years old al
id a man of great moral courage ,ha
)d profound convictions. He is ces
Democrat, and So great is his arr
)rsonial popularity that lie was cot
ectod to Congress from a district pa
. which he did not live. He is a wit
mnnsylvanian and a millionaire. ag
is generosity is great. lie gives an(
s entire salary to charitable on- cal
rprises in his district. He is a vI
culiar speaker and knows more CII
the Bible than any man I ever i(a
Lw and talks very much like one A f
our old-fash ioned camp m-eting Eln
othodist poroachors. H is style, mna
iought, and mode of expression ip(
-0 intensely original, and if it mii
ore possiblo for him to minako a wh
)oech in every county town of the ad'
nited States, no man in my judg- wh
ont could so t.horoughly arouse W0l
to people." of
"t Who will be tho candidate for Ian
ice President along with Sibley?" are
A SOUTHERN MAN. Th4
"I (o iot, know. Thio general car,
ot
IMressioi is that he should be a
,u thern mani. The silver-prodii
11g States are with us any way,
id with Sibley for the East and a
outliorn man wo Would have a
rong team."
"'What do you think of the son
moint of the peoplo as to bi-mot
ilisi?" hi
"Ini my judgmont they are over- tio
ielmingly in favor of it. Some sta
f tho Westwrn papors have beon I
sting public sontiment by print- ple
Ig coupons and requesting their or
oturn with a voto for or against ill(
ilvor. I saw one papr from Mis-i
iouri with over 5,000 votes for sil- he
ery and only 16i against it. How do
Jan' it, ho otliorwise withm theo object
lessonm of the present right before tii
ins? I saw a good illustration in a
>apor the o.theri da~y-suJppaso there th
ras aI comninfhity of 100,000 pee- trav
'he with a circulating medinum of
2,000,000, one-hal 11 goldt ad tho
thier hal f si Ivo'r. T1he prices of
I1 st ocks, bonds, far~ms and art i- t
tos of commerce would~ he worth o
f ractionali part of tha t $2,000, - ar
)0. Th'lat is, a farm worth $2,000 a
muld really be worth one-thous
it bi part of tho circulating mo
umn of the country. If tmehe
nount of nioney in the commu
ty were. suddoneily douibled, and
ec farm hocanme worth the one- sl
ousanth part of $4,000,000 in-fo
r'nd of $2,000,000, then the farm m
)Uld be worth $4,000 insteadl of
',000, as hetof ore. But s up
so, as the shrewd financiers of
>nmdonm and New York well know,
e circulating miediunm was siud- ica
n1ly reduced from $2,000,000 to as
,000,000, then the farm that had stri
en worth $2,000 when the circu
ing medium was $2,000,000)
u1(1Hld uddely become worth but A
000, ats it would 1)0 worth but cral
Sone-thousanithi part of a circa- is hi
ing mmedium that had boon sud(- CIJou
nly reduced from $2,000,000 to Fric
,000,000. Hlence the mam whom.
d borrowed $1,000 on his farm, thre'
men it was valued at $2,000, tion
mUld find himself without ath
>me wvhen the circulating medium 13
is reduced one-half.
CUT n)owN ONR-hALF.
"The moment silver was demon
izod, the circulating medium of
schango would be0 reduced one- -r
11f. This is practically what has
aen done in this country, and
hen men have seen the hard
ornings of a life time shri\ ol up in
nd shrink awvay, they cannot fail, Re
ince they underaigndI the cause,so
.o favor a return to the doublo Sm
tandard.'' La
''What about thme international Suj
noney conference; Mr. Cleveland PiC
teems to favor bi-metallism, but
aays we cannot have it without an ""
ntornational agreement?"
A TUB TO THE-WHAL4E, a
'"Well, that is what our op~pon- ofcri
>nts all say, and really it is the -hi
mnly plausible argument against witi
is that I have ever heard. It is of
mnpossible for me to discuss this yea
luestion in the space of an inter- mo~
riew, but I will briefly give my TO
smiion and show the fallacy of her
Teeoblers C lun)ij.
he
ey W. W. F. BUIwT, Editor.
nt
ne A community that does not
It provido a good school for its chil
dren is bound to fail in comnpeti
tion with communities that does
iP
10 provide. How is your community
ed doing?
0- The teacher who gives too much
lie time to the few, and not to the
a- many, will soon ko hunting a new
)11 Situation.
L0. Thirteen aro considered an un
r- lucky number, but that is the num
lY ber of County Suporintendents
"- elect in South Dakota who are
to ladies.
The old time school readers were
t full of patriotic pieces, but the
t present timo readers are mado it
seems for tho express purposes of
teaching reading.
>e The old time exhibition is get
,h ting out of fashion too.is it not? If
r you have one pleaso scnd the par
. ticulars to this column.
0 Ex-Governor Cliamborl-ain of
d South Carolina is giving his an
Is nual courso of lecturos at Cornell
xr University.
(I The logislaturo of Michigan has
d passod a law disqualifying any por
sd n voting who can neither read
nor write.
n Pensylvania has 8,464 men teacl1
o ing, 17,777 women. Tho mon aver
. age $44.16 per month, the women
a $33.05. The school term averages
o eight months. There are 1,049,679
j pupils. What an army! The
buildings orected last year only
d cost $3,390,818. The school prop
a erty is valued at $42,679,000.
o "These 'times' are not alono due
to bungling logislation. The or
dinary thinking of common men
t is very bungling. We aro harvest
ing sovoral crops about this timo."
e -Journal of Education. Brother,
are not you, 1, and a few other
teachors responsible for all these
ills? As is the school, so is the
scholar, and tho acholar of today
is the voter and statesman of to
morrow. Aro we not now making
othe peoplie and the condition ofi
the countr mthe future by our
0c mthods in school?
Corporal punishmnont is forbid
og den by law in New Jersey. Though_
.no penalty is aflixedi, it is very~
is rigidly observed.
A re we teaching the child to seoe,
d to know, to (10, to think and to boe.
S Are parrot-like recitaties ever
d worth y of a live, progressive teach
y or?I
cl Do nmot forgot that your school
is for the benefit of the children.
t ad ot for your pleasing, profit,
epieor prejudico.
(3 Good order is as necessar y in
schools now as formerly, but there
is a difference of opinion- as to
Iwhat constitutes goodl order.
T 1'he New York Sun has dliscov
erod that there is electricity in the
typewriter. This may explain wvhy
so man y wives receive a shock onF
entering their husb~and's offics.-L
SChicago T1imels.
- no
sal
You will Find! wVc
AT BRUCE'S! 2
Tfhe best lot of Cheiwinig and Spilimy-g
TPobaccos to he had it 5c I0 an iid 2Cc
Special Priies~ oli lloxes!
HIome1-m~ade Jeanls, K
I~ome-madJe Shoes,
Ihome- made Shnck (ollars,
I Jon;e-made Syroip,
Ilome-madem 11aeon,(
HOME-MADE YARNS! B
[leaivy Chieeks andi Shirthigs, 11
New lary Gioods anid Notions.
. Farming TPools in (rea t, Variety. Bo
We( lhy the BEST! and( sell ihe Ch
.CIIE APESTi I
Yours Truly,la
J.McD. Bruce
Notice of Finial Settlenment.
I will apply to J BI Nwoibery, Judge of
Probate, for Piekoens County, S. C., for 1C
leave to make a fiunal settlement of , the
estate of Bally B. Mosley, deceased, on
the 29th day of March, 1895, and. ask to
be dismisse as a~dinuistrator.
281'obSw J. AM sTWAtR,
NOW
FOR
1895.
1894 Behind Us.
We close the hard timo year, 1894. First, by thanking
all our patron ;; we are thankful to every one; we have tried
to do our duty to all, and every time giving them
$1.00 WORTH FOR $1.00.
We have done a large business (big business.)
Notwithstanding the hard times, we hear frotn every
side, wo have been favored with many nowv custoiers and
the 1(k1 ones have been kept in line, wvhlch is suflicient-evi
dcnco that we are on the inside with goods and prices.
We announced In TnE PEoiPL.'s JouRNAL, several
weeks ago, that we had to unload our immense stock, that
announceien', met the eyes of' Thousmds who were In want
of SHOES and such a stampede for our store has never oc
curred before When these poopl caio for Shoes they
bought them. As our Prices and Goods wero r ight there
was no looking around thinking they could do better. Our
Prices and Goods did the work.
We begin the New Year with new zeal, backed by every
advantage known to the t,'ade; with our own Factory behind
us our stock will be larger and Prices Lower than any house
in Greenville.
llonest Goods and full vahie for the money drives away
all hard times.
"FACTORY PRICES"
THE WATCHWORD!
JAS. M. & E. B. DICKSON,
Sept 24, '9.1
(OW THEN!
Let Every Man,
Woman and Child !
Set dlown and study this adlvertisement as though y'ou
wecre goimg to study your lesson, and you
will see in a very little time why
we can sell you
LaTHING! *+ CLOTHING!
Cheaper than any other house in this State. In the first
Lce, we claim to buy more Clothing than all the Clothing
>uIses in this town p)ut together; in the second place, we do
t buy otur goods from Traveling Men, wvho command large
aries; in the third place, wve pay spot cash for every dolla'r's
rth of goods we buy; in the fourth place we do no credit
siness--we keel) no books, therefore we never lost .any main.
in bad debts; and in the fifth place, we have been in the
nufacturing business for twenty years and knowv the Cloth
business from A to Z. Put all this together and you can
dily see that we are just what we claim,
IYH~i CN5APESY Ci.OYNIN5e HOU 5E
ns' Suits from - - - - $42.oo up.
ildrens' suits from - - - - 1.oo "'
y's' suits from - - - - 2.oo "
ns' Overcoats from - - - - 2.50 "
s' Overcoats from - - - - 2.00
ldrens' O.vercoats from - - - 1 .50 "
its from - - - - - .50 "
Come in and see them and you will see we make no
Bluffs. Conme in, and as sure as you do, we
will sell you.
DREIFUS &c Co.,
.THE NEW CLOTHIERS
SeptO4tf 110 Main Street.
Board Assessors.
To CANVASS THE RETUIisop PEnsON..
AL Pnon-r'y OF' PICKENs COUNTY.
WH1O 'inEY ARE AND WHAT w c UXPECT
ED OF TIIFM.
The returns of the various Town.
ships will be forwarded to the Town
ship Board of AsSessors by or before
March 20th. it is the duty of the
Board to scrutinize each return care-.
ully, and to see that each item of
property listed thereon, is assessed at
ITS TRUE MARKET VALUE.
There is no rule to return property
at 661 per cent, of its actual value
When parties are suspected of hav
ing credits, above their indebtedness
or any other character of property
that does not appear on their sworn
return, it is the duty of the Board to
enter such property, or report the
matter to the Auditor.
In every instance where there is a
material change in the return of an
individual, be sure to notify the par
ty, so that he can appeal to the Coun
ty 3oard.
The County Board of Equalization
will hold its annual meeting in the
Auditor's office, Thursday, April 4th.
The Township B3oards are expected
Lo closely examine the returns and to
forward them to this office by or be
ore that date.
The Township Board of Supervis
3rs aro required by law to act as
Township Board of Assessors; and
,he chairman elected at their first
meeting will serve as a member ot
tho County Board of Equalization.
The following freeholders have been
Ippo'nted in tho various Townships,
Viz:
Easly
Liberty-Mi. A. B:aggs, J. A- I1in
Lon, W. 1I. Bryant.
Central-Jas. F. Lay, Noah Ken
sIemulr, J. H-. Ballentine.
Hlurricane-Jesso R. Ross, Pobin
Stewart, Nelson Bowling.
Pickens-0. P. Fie ld, L. D. Stelh
ns, B. l. Lesley.
Dacusville-J. A. Robinson, J. S.
Willains.
Pumpkintown-A. B. Talley, J. D.
NI. Keith.
Eastatoe-Jesse J. Lewis, J. W.
rhomas, R. L. Gilstrap.
N. A. CIIRISTOPHER,
imarl4td4apr. Auditor, P. C.
fliii veryr fewt lu-.opt'. c'iii''- it is a te
Of "p -'lit: j1th . p ilv :1| -10 1 'i' her ii ..
:grt ;.11 lnn lt.,- of-1 ht trh aell -0i
-il ha I hN h
bly life. Th n~i I- D .-iih11i : i Nl.
as.-1 i h-. ky : a1e ni lii ii & C ...
pii t u .'' -)r, i'b a tin t t eii l l lift;
hi~w ltoc2' Wim-e a l Ioii ho; wli ill . 'I ':tlt
Chruin iu.,fn 'oii inle ithrei
Healthy
''riflingl lents lnglierry;d.
Don'te~ pltuath aitresef
sh u hrhuliru ~ Ify r.e f11. I gopr
owafor ver -ix ot fsort is. ch
us~thie. ithallbe oubid 1 g eneal cx-b
Bri' ol'in s '." nyInal he
ine e - freegomal patncle now
Imiieg. t hi rorsleah
1,r. G W. Iarle, lke ngtC.eN.lWy
ntral. artt.
mean soCuhre ta
yueiag idnesri and e
fatNualgdisasesTrbesulfo
trifingai ervts egletd
Doen'sla wint aur'
greatnte gift-ealth.ecose e
!".iii'IlCwrappr. Al our ar feelin
A itiitC3 Oil re ut of O sotms we
U 'en setof n ca't work,'
~' ..r ~eS nd bfee. tonetk
jhBii130 0ble~ strn gthingDO 1
in cetai ce * WDo' irnhI
trens.teAEyeew hot-,'
tizra 'etx a ae ure---eeis t
~Cit come fro th
puttflifahos on' tain eatyor
Dr ~dyo Cdteeon a oers. '
pleasant otake
Dyson p esyste,Kide adiecr
Ceiv onstipation, correcoo
tut le. ton oec i oe twore ho t re 2
amtns ooka ,-?Q shrio byrgEgist
nulhe~rnand9'Iea